Pole position: Allam in 1.39,56
Fastest lap: Soper in 1.40,21 = 169,51 kmh
Distance:
Average speed: 165,55 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1983 Cars
The sixth round of this year's Trimoco Group A championship, held at Silverstone last weekend, fell to the Hepolite Rover of Steve Soper, who thus notched up his third Group A victory of the year. Leading from lights-to-flag, the Metro graduate enjoyed a comfortable, untroubled ride to score an easy win. The record books will suggest that the similar Sanyo-backed car of Peter Lovett had an equally straightforward time in taking second place; that was definitely not the case. Lovett was engaged in a furious dice for most of the race with the series debutante BMW 635 CSi of Frank Sytner. After the duo had swapped places several times, Sytner took the place on the road after some demon outbraking at Woodcote, only to drop back to third at the end when a penalty of 10s was added for his having crossed the notorious chicane penalty line earlier on. Another fine duel in the baby class saw Chris Hodgetts' Escort RS1600i emerge victorious from a dispute with John Morris' Scirocco, and Andy Rouse took another win in the poorly supported Class B (three starters, one finisher this week), at the wheel of the ICS Alfa GTV6. One man who was out of luck was Jeff Allam, consistently fastest in practice, but whose start was ruined when his brakes locked on, and who was eventually stopped by an electrical fault. (MN) |
Touring Cars class A-C
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
DSQ | 1 | 4 | Hepolite Glacier Racing with Esso Rover Vitesse |
Steve Soper, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 34.12,09 | 2 | 1.40,60 | 1.40,21 | Disq: Technical infringements |
DSQ | 2 | 3 | Team Sanyo Racing with Esso Rover Vitesse |
Pete Lovett, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 34.20,00 | 4 | 1.40,90 | Disq: Technical infringements | |
3 | 3 | 19 | Grace International Racing BMW 635 CSi |
Frank Sytner, GB |
3475 | L6 | A | 20 laps, 34.29,77 | 3 | 1.40,88 | Including 10 second penalty for missing chicane | |
4 | 4 | 10 | Equipe Esso / Daily Mirror Rover Vitesse |
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 34.38,15 | 5 | 1.42,03 | ||
5 | 1 | 34 | Industrial Control Services Ltd. Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6 |
Andy Rouse, GB |
2491 | V6 | B | 20 laps, 35.00,99 | 7 | 1.43,00 | 1.40,74 | |
6 | 5 | 11 | GM Dealer Sport Opel Monza 3.0E |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
2998 | L6 | A | 20 laps, 35.08,23 | 9 | 1.43,67 | ||
7 | 1 | 69 | Brooklyn Motorsport Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Chris Hodgetts, GB |
1598 | L4 | C | 19 | 16 | 1.49,47 | ||
8 | 2 | 60 | Volkswagen Sport VW Scirocco GTI |
John Morris, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 19 | 12 | 1.47,72 | ||
9 | 3 | 86 | Demon Tweeks Racing VW Golf GTI |
Alan Minshaw, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 19 | 18 | 1.50,00 | Gearbox | |
10 | 4 | 78 | Unipart with Daily Express MG Metro |
Patrick Watts, GB |
1275 | L4 | C | 18 | 19 | 1.53,48 | ||
11 | 5 | 83 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Rob Kirby, GB |
1498 | B4 | C | 18 | 22 | 2.01,80 | Misfire | |
12 | 6 | 84 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Andrew Thorpe, GB |
1498 | B4 | C | 18 | 20 | 1.54,09 | Penalty for missing chicane | |
13 | 7 | 87 | RZ Racing Toyota Corolla GT |
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 18 | 21 | 1.55,23 | ||
DNF | 18 | Team Colt Cars Mid-West Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
1998 tc | L4 | A | 3 | 15 | 1.49,96 | Lost oil filter | ||
DNF | 77 | Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Richard Longman, GB |
1598 | L4 | C | 1 | 13 | 1.49,03 | Engine | ||
DNF | 2 | Team Sanyo Racing with Esso Rover Vitesse |
Jeff Allam, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 1 | 1.39,56 | Fuel pump | |||
DNF | 5 | Rover Vitesse |
Gordon Spice, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 6 | 6 | 1.42,22 | Gearbox | ||
DNF | 35 | Unipart with Daily Express MG Metro Turbo |
Tony Pond, GB |
1275 tc | L4 | B | ca. 10 | 8 | 1.43,29 | Overheating | ||
DNF | 31 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6 |
Jon Dooley, GB |
2491 | V6 | B | 14 | 11 | 1.45,09 | Propshaft | ||
DNF | 72 | LLoyds of Stafford Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Rob Hall, GB |
1598 | L4 | C | 14 | 14 | 1.49,07 | 1.48,98 | Alternator belt | |
DNF | 66 | Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Alan Curnow, GB |
1598 | L4 | C | 17 | 1.49,82 | ||||
DNF | 6 | Rover Vitesse |
Dennis Leech, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 10 | 1.43,72 | Rear vibration | |||
DNS | 70 | Julian May Racing Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Jock Robertson, GB |
1598 | L4 | C | no time | Withdrawn, car not ready |